Ireland imported more than €20bn worth of goods from the UK last year, exported €15.7bn

More than 400,000 jobs depend on trade between the UK and Ireland according to the British Irish Chamber of Commerce.

More than 400,000 jobs depend on trade between the UK and Ireland according to the British Irish Chamber of Commerce. Photo: PA Wire

Ireland imported more than €20 billion worth of goods from the United Kingdom last year, while we exported €15.7 billion to our closest neighbours, new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows.

The proportion of Ireland to UK trade has fallen from 28% of total exports in 1994 to 10% in 2019, and from 37% of total imports in 1994 to 22% in 2019.